Re: [Frameworks] Converting digital video to VHS using Premiere or something else
Why don't you just downsample it to 480p? Just export it to a lower resolution. No need to lay off to tape, that's just crazy talk. Aaron At 8/16/2013, you wrote: Hey Im making a stopmotion video using adobe premiere and it looks terrible because its HD and looks too crisp. You can see all the shitty blue screening and whatnot so I want to convert it to VHS so the mistakes don't look so obvious. I also like the look of VHS better than HD. I've done this before using a tape deck with a firewire cable but it was so long ago and I kind of forget how it was done. I also don't have acces to such a tape deck. Just wondering if anyone knew how to do this and/ or had that kind of tape deck available in the NYC area. Thanks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks --- Aaron F. Ross Digital Arts Guild ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Converting digital video to VHS using Premiere or something else
Try to find an older, working VHS camcorder and tape it off your computer screen. Maybe your local media center, public access television station, school or thrift store has one in the backroom somewhere... although they're getting much harder to find working these days. Taping through the air will get rid of that harsh HD look more organically than downgrading on a computer or running through cables... and usually older cameras have manual image controls that you could adjust easily to get the look you're going for. Move back and zoom in for more softness/pixels. (HD televisions and computer screens don't tend to flicker and wobble off the screen like they did in the old days..) Then, play the VHS through a monitor and record it with an iPhone or HDcamera to get back onto an online format. Eliminating cables and programs all together will save a lot of time/hassle/money unless you're already set up for making transfers. On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Aaron F. Ross aa...@digitalartsguild.comwrote: Why don't you just downsample it to 480p? Just export it to a lower resolution. No need to lay off to tape, that's just crazy talk. Aaron At 8/16/2013, you wrote: Hey Im making a stopmotion video using adobe premiere and it looks terrible because its HD and looks too crisp. You can see all the shitty blue screening and whatnot so I want to convert it to VHS so the mistakes don't look so obvious. I also like the look of VHS better than HD. I've done this before using a tape deck with a firewire cable but it was so long ago and I kind of forget how it was done. I also don't have acces to such a tape deck. Just wondering if anyone knew how to do this and/ or had that kind of tape deck available in the NYC area. Thanks __**_ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.** webfaction.com/listinfo/**frameworkshttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks --**- Aaron F. Ross Digital Arts Guild __**_ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.**webfaction.com/listinfo/**frameworkshttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Converting digital video to VHS using Premiere or something else
I'm all set up to do it but I'm in Oakland CA... If you send me a digital file I can output to VHS and then capture it for you. On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Dan Anderson bcfilmf...@gmail.com wrote: Try to find an older, working VHS camcorder and tape it off your computer screen. Maybe your local media center, public access television station, school or thrift store has one in the backroom somewhere... although they're getting much harder to find working these days. Taping through the air will get rid of that harsh HD look more organically than downgrading on a computer or running through cables... and usually older cameras have manual image controls that you could adjust easily to get the look you're going for. Move back and zoom in for more softness/pixels. (HD televisions and computer screens don't tend to flicker and wobble off the screen like they did in the old days..) Then, play the VHS through a monitor and record it with an iPhone or HDcamera to get back onto an online format. Eliminating cables and programs all together will save a lot of time/hassle/money unless you're already set up for making transfers. On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Aaron F. Ross aa...@digitalartsguild.com wrote: Why don't you just downsample it to 480p? Just export it to a lower resolution. No need to lay off to tape, that's just crazy talk. Aaron At 8/16/2013, you wrote: Hey Im making a stopmotion video using adobe premiere and it looks terrible because its HD and looks too crisp. You can see all the shitty blue screening and whatnot so I want to convert it to VHS so the mistakes don't look so obvious. I also like the look of VHS better than HD. I've done this before using a tape deck with a firewire cable but it was so long ago and I kind of forget how it was done. I also don't have acces to such a tape deck. Just wondering if anyone knew how to do this and/ or had that kind of tape deck available in the NYC area. Thanks __**_ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.** webfaction.com/listinfo/**frameworkshttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks --**- Aaron F. Ross Digital Arts Guild __**_ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.**webfaction.com/listinfo/**frameworkshttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Converting digital video to VHS using Premiere or something else
Hey Im making a stopmotion video using adobe premiere and it looks terrible because its HD and looks too crisp. You can see all the shitty blue screening and whatnot so I want to convert it to VHS so the mistakes don't look so obvious. If you want less resolution just to mask the mistakes, why not fix the mistakes rather than make it all look like mush? Of course if you want it all to look mushy, why work in HD in the first place? A generation of VHS will do many things, some of which you may like and others you may not. Choice of format is important. Jeff Kreines Kinetta j...@kinetta.com kinetta.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Converting digital video to VHS using Premiere or something else
Hey Im making a stopmotion video using adobe premiere and it looks terrible because its HD and looks too crisp. You can see all the shitty blue screening and whatnot so I want to convert it to VHS so the mistakes don't look so obvious. I also like the look of VHS better than HD. I've done this before using a tape deck with a firewire cable but it was so long ago and I kind of forget how it was done. I also don't have acces to such a tape deck. Just wondering if anyone knew how to do this and/ or had that kind of tape deck available in the NYC area. Thanks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
